You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of…

Audre Lorde
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You know how fighting fish do it? They blow bubbles and in each one of those bubbles is an egg and they float the egg up to the surface. They keep this whole heavy nest of eggs floating, and they're constantly repairing it. It's as if they live in both elements. ✨ Audre Lorde, Joan Wylie Hall (2004). Conversations with Audre Lorde, p.31, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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